"Jeffery was born with Kodachrome flowing in his veins." -James Finn Garner, Author, Chicago, 2012

Jeffery C. Johnson: a bio

Photographer Jeffery C. Johnson is a self-taught 3rd generation professional chicago photographer whose work has been prominently featured on the WGN-TV News, ABC-TV's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, BBC Travel.com, CNN Travel.com, Chicago Reader, Chicagoist, Gapers Block, and at Chicago Public Radio.com

As a photographer, Jeffery accompanied the Scottish pop band Aberfeldy to the Lang Spoon Music Festival in Glenrothes, Scotland in 2007. Captured the scene at the Capitol building in Springfield in 2007 when Illinois Sen. Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States as well as the subsequent Obama Election Day Victory Rally in Grant Park in 2008. Exclusively followed the Four Star Anarchist Organization during the Anti-NATO protests in Chicago in 2012. And was the only photographer allowed to capture all of the behind-the-scenes action of Fox-TV's "Mob Doctor" in the Chicago area in 2012.

Jeffery has published two books of his photography, one a photo essay taken on the closing night at the legendary Flame Steakhouse entitled, The Last New Year (2012) ("A nostalgic farewell to an icon in Chicagoland for over five decades"- Suburban Life Newspapers) available at iTunes and Blurb, the other a volume of his photo work of Chicago entitled Portfolio: Chicago (2011) ("Jeffery C. Johnson captures evocative images of the city"- Suburban Life Newspapers), which was recently featured during the On the Same Page, Chicago month hosted by the Brookfield, IL. library, and it is available at Amazon and Blurb.

Jeffery has also published a book of the photojournalistic work of his grandfather Elmer C. Johnson entitled Scoop: Chasing Chicago for the Front Page (2011), available at iTunes, Amazon, and Blurb as well as an upcoming book of the photojournalism work of his father Denny C. Johnson entitled Shot: A Frame Full of Stories which is due to be released in 2016 and available at blurb.com.

Jeffery has exhibited his work at solo and group shows throughout Chicago and the suburbs and has sold his photographs at assorted stores in Chicagoland including the Chicago Cultural Center in the Loop and 57th st. Books in Hyde Park.

His diverse client list includes, Le Mosaiste out of West Hollywood, Ca, Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro out of Chicago and Istvan and His Imaginary Band out of Berwyn...among many others. Jeffery attended the Edinburgh college of art and the school of the art institute of Chicago and his photography is a part of many private collections.

You can see Jeffery's published work and press concerning his work in separate galleries below. Currently, Jeffery is applying the finishing touches on the book about his fathers expansive work as a photojournalist.